May 2016 Babies

Need advice on switching to milk

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MonkeyCoop wrote:

I'm feeling overwhelmed and confused by the weaning to milk process. My LO turns one next week. Currently, he gets four five-ounce bottles of formula a day and sleeps through the night. He uses a sippy cup no problem for water. I've experimented a handful of times with putting milk and/or formula in the cup, but he rejects it. My original plan was to start mixing in milk with his formula and then increasing the amount until it's all milk. But I read somewhere that they should get 8-12oz of milk a day, so if I switch to four bottles of milk, that will be too much. Plus it doesnt solve the need to eliminate the bottles. I just still feel like hes on the four bottle cycle and expects it at regular times. Im dreading the switch! He eats solids but doubtful enough to sustain himself. Ah! What are you all doing to make the switch?

I switched my babes around 11 5 mths. I weaned her from the daytime bottles around 10 mths but half the time she was rejecting them or not drinking all of it. When she did want it i gave her a sippy cup of milk. She hated and and threw fits but i stuck with it and then she was only 2 a day morning and before bed.

My doctor told us that we should just switch right over to milk no transitioning but i felt it was too much so we did half and half.

All children are different. I believe in self-weaning. My son kept his bottles after a year. He had no interest in holding it himself until 1.5. For him it was part bonding time with us as well as nutrition(he was tiny). I did switch him to a different bottle.

Thinkbaby make a regular bipple that is crosscut so it doesn't leak when you turn it over. They also make handles, soft sippy cup spouts and a straw spout top that all fit on same bottle. That way it eases transitions.

I say do what you think is best for your lo and if that means above average milk intake or bottles for a few more months does it really matter?!

I could have written this myself! I have no idea what I'm doing. My DS drinks four 8oz bottles a day and LOVES his bottles. He'll SIP water and formula from a sippy cup, but won't drink the whole thing.

Today we tried only using the sippy cup for formula and he hardly had any wet diapers. We also tried introducing whole milk and he doesn't like it.

I slowly started doing a snack/meal instead of a bottle. I just kept the meals foods that she loves. She already drank a lot of water from her 360 munchkin so fluids weren't a problem but I was starting to worry about dropping the night bottle bc she wouldn't drink much milk from the sippy at all!! Well, wouldn't you know, the chick started drinking milk from her sippy the day of her 12month checkup!

We got rid of a bottle every week or two so it was slower. I started mixing soymilk in with her formula in her bottles so she'd be used to the taste by the time it was straight milk in her cup (dairy allergy). I will say I feel as if we've been super lucky bc this has seemed easier than I I thought it would be but maybe our slow transitions have been the reason?

Try a blended smoothie! I take a spoon full of yogurt, a little while milk and some fresh fruit and blend it in the blender until it is really runny and put it in his sippy and he loves the flavor! You can also try blending just fruit with plain whole milk just to give it a little more of a flavor! Hope that helps!!

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